It’s that time of year again. All the big companies (except Sony, the bloody hipsters) are gearing up for the biggest games show of the year, and Microsoft seems to be leading the charge.
As E3 closes in on us, the developers and publishers of the gaming world are starting to reveal what their shows are going to look like this year and according to an agenda that was shared by Xbox Brasil, Microsoft is going to have one of the longest ever E3 shows.
According to the timings for the Xbox E3 media briefing (which was shared by Xbox Brazil, see below), this year’s showcase will run for two hours.
Back in 2016, the show was only about an hour long – and we’ve seen it increase in time every year since then, getting to the stage now where we’re at a massive 120 minutes!
We’re also going to see an hour-long post-show conference, too – expect that to reveal some more news about the games announced at the show itself.
But what are we going to see in those two hours? Well, there’s a lot to cover. First up, there are ‘the bankers’ – games we’re definitely going to hear more about.
These include Gears 5 (the follow-up from The Coalition-developed Gears 4 which promises to take on a more open world angle) and Halo Infinite. News on Halo Infinite has been coming in a drip feed, and we’re honestly not expecting to see the game launch until at least 2020.
Then there are the rumoured games: maybe we’ll see Fable 4, apparently in development over at Playground games (the same folks that are responsible for the Forza Horizon series).
Maybe we’ll see whatever it is Ninja Theory is working on – they were acquired by Microsoft last year, after all.
There’s also the potential Battletoads reboot we’ll see, as well as some rumoured third-party games. Rocksteady, From Software and Bandai Namco are all rumoured to see some sort of appearance at Microsoft’s show – but none of that is confirmed yet.
According to a rumoured leak found on NeoGAF it looks like Microsoft might be putting on quite the show. Keep reading for a look at some of the more surprising reveals supposedly planned.
Other games said to be making an appearance include:
- Fable: A brand-new entry in the somewhat excellent series that is now getting a reboot. Apparently, it will be a next-gen game coming in 2021, but it is exciting for fans nevertheless.
- Battletoads: This old-school game was given a 2019 release date when it was revealed last year. Perhaps we could be getting either a firm release date or maybe a stealth release?
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps: The follow-up to the fantastic Orin and the Blind Forest will apparently be getting a release date for this year.
- Gears 5 and Gears Tactics: Both coming this year and will be shown off to adoring fans at E3.
- Bleeding Edge: This is rumoured to be the next Ninja Theory game and will be set in a sci-fi universe and is likely to be another cross-gen game releasing next year.
- Age of Empires IV: Yes, please.
- The Outer Worlds: More info on this intriguing new sci-fi game.
- Cyberpunk 2077: This is a no brainer really given the lack of Sony at the conference. CD Projekt Red has already said they would be at E3 so it is an easy win.
Microsoft E3 2019 Leak
- Fable: A brand-new entry in the somewhat excellent series that is now getting a reboot. Apparently, it will be a next-gen game coming in 2021, but it is exciting for fans nevertheless.
- Battletoads: This old-school game was given a 2019 release date when it was revealed last year. Perhaps we could be getting either a firm release date or maybe a stealth release?
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps: The follow-up to the fantastic Orin and the Blind Forest will apparently be getting a release date for this year.
- Gears 5 and Gears Tactics: Both coming this year and will be shown off to adoring fans at E3.
- Bleeding Edge: This is rumoured to be the next Ninja Theory game and will be set in a sci-fi universe and is likely to be another cross-gen game releasing next year.
- Age of Empires IV: Yes, please.
- The Outer Worlds: More info on this intriguing new sci-fi game.
- Cyberpunk 2077: This is a no brainer really given the lack of Sony at the conference. CD Projekt Red has already said they would be at E3 so it is an easy win.
That’s a fair chunk of stuff to digest and is all quite exciting. Of particular interest will be just how realistic the release dates are and also how many are announced to be coming for the new consoles.
The leak then goes on to have a section dedicated to things that are very likely and things are less likely to happen. The things that are very likely are:
- Mech Assault: This will be a new game in the franchise and would probably be a smaller reveal but one which the hardcore fans will love.
- Forza: I mean, obviously.
- Capcom: There presence during the conference would be no big surprise given just how well they’ve been doing recently. As to what to expect, it could be anything from Street Fighter 6 to Resident Evil 8. They are riding a good high at the moment so anything is possible. Personally, I am hoping for Dragon’s Dogma 2.
- FromSoftware: This isn’t in the post, but there are so many rumours going around about FromSoftware that we are sure to see them at the Microsoft conference possibly even showing off the game that features George R R Martin (The Game of Thrones dude) as a writer.
We’ll keep you updated as we hear more about the upcoming Microsoft show.
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